The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-16
CONDITION OF THE cRops.
a f 10 iEl Average In somo 5Localities-aio
s;35A Rain Needed. i5lslt ~ n

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CHICAGO, ILL, May 15.-The following
Is the weekly crop summary printed by
the Farmer,' Review: Our reports for the
past week show that while some loac,alitiea
we're favored with aeasonable rains, Others
and greater numbers are needing rain, and
that in ita continued absence crops will
suffer seriously. Reports on the condition
OF winter wheat continue favorable. Four.
teen counties In Illinois report an AVERAGE
condition Of 90 per cent, while three conn.
ties report injury by chinch bugs, and one
from drouth. In Indiana iour 9conn.
Yes report condition of 100 per cent. In
Ohio the average conditions In six conntiea
reporting BY percentages ia So per cent. -
q In Michigan, ak counties report an az.
erage condition Of 90 per cent. From
hentacky, three counties report condi.
ton OF !OO per cent. From eeven coun.
ties IN MISSOURI it is reported an average
condition Of 10S per cent. From Kansas,
eight counties report an average condition
OF 20 per cent. Reports from the winter
wheat counties in Wisconsin Indicate a
condition OF rs to so per cent. 49,.
The spring wheat growing territory
gives the following fgurea: Ten Iowa
counties report an average condition OF so
per cent. From Minnesota, nine counties
report the condition fair to good. Seyen
counties in Dakota report a full average
condition, and the same ia trne of Az
counties reporting from Nebraska. 4 -
Weather Bulletin OF the sIguai once,
WASHINGTON, DO, May l5.-rhe Signal
Office has issued the following weather
crop bulletin for the week ending Nav Ii.
1887: Temperature-During the current
week the weather has been warmer thsn
usual IN all agricultural districts east al
tbs Rock MouutainB and in the aouthprn
bali and extreme northern portions Of
California, the only sections reporting
cooler weather than the average Tor the
week being the lower Rio Grande valley.
Oregon, Washington Territory and Gen.
tral California. The excess OF tempera.
ture over tue normal Tor the week In the
wheat and corn regions OF Ohio. upper
Mississippi and lower Missouri 'yaileva
ranged from so to rs degrees, 3 daily aver.
age otabout to IL degrees above normal.
This excess OF temperature haa sarved
70 ADVANCE the season over regions where
q total deficiency in temperature since
January LIST renges from 100 degrees to 800
degrees. The Gulf States, Tennessee,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Delaware, the week was about rs degrees
warmer than usual, thus increasing the
excess OF Temperature previously reported
IN these sections; in the cotton region the
excess OF temperature for the season now
ranges from 200 TO 800 degrees. In the
south Atlantic coast the average tempers.
tnre Tor the week was about the normal.
thereby changing but slightly the de-.
6ciency Of from loo TO 200 degrees az uoted
in the bulletin for the previous week, :.
Rainfall--During the past week, there
has been deficiency Of rainfall in all eec-
tons, except in lower Rio Grande Valley,
Delaware, Maryland and at stations ia
Oregon and Washington Territory, where
slight excuses are reported. The slight
rainfall during the week has served to in.
crease deficiency existing in Southern
States, where the rainfall since January |
has been for Bix to ten inches less than
average for the season. The rainfall Tor the
season is slightly in excess from Northern
Wisconsin westward 10 Northern Dakota.
and In Upper Ohio Valley, eastern nor.
tons Of Nav York and Pennsylvanis, and
in Southern Michigan.
Generally in the wheat and corn regions
OF the north, the weather has been excep.
tionslly favorable for agricultural pur.
poses. The dry, warm weather continues
in the cotton regions east Of the Mississippi
pi, while the rains west OF the Mississippi
have been favorable to tho cotton crop.
Although there is large deficiency In the
rainfall in the cotton region, tho recent
showers have improved the condition Of
tbs crop in the lower Mississippi valley,
while the weather in North and South
Carolina aud Southern Virginia ia reported
as favorable for the growth OF the plant,
[slsned.l A. W. GRERLy,
Chief Signal Officer.